Curtain-pole.



M. M. BURK.

CURTAIN POLE. APPLICATION FILED 0OT.14, 1911.

1,061,043. Patented May 6, 1913.

ATTORNEYS MAUI) M. 'BURK, 0F RICES LANDING, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-POLE.

Application filed October 14, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1913.

Serial No. 654,605.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MAUD M. BURK, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rices Landing, in the county of Greene and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to curtain poles, and the objects of my invention are, first, to furnish a pole with simple and effective means for retaining curtains in engagement therewith; second, to obviate the necessity of using rings and pins for holding curtains in engagement with a pole; third, to provide a curtain fastener that can be easily and quickly manipulated to hold curtains without injuring the same, and fourth, to provide a durable and inexpensive curtain fastener that will present a neat and attractive appearance.

I attain the above objects by a mechanical construct-ion that will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a curtain pole in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the pole, and Fig. t is a horizontal sectional view of a portion of the pole.

A pole in accordance with this invention comprises a rod 1 preferably cylindrical, said rod having one side thereof provided with a fiat face 2 extending from one end of the rod to the opposite end thereof. Mounted in the flat face2, adjacent to one end thereof, is a screw 3 having a reduced end 4. Movably mounted upon the screw 3 is the apertured end 5 of a fiat bar 6. Mounted upon the reduced end 4 of the screw 3 is one end of a resilient clip 7, said cli being retained upon the screw by upsetting the reduced end thereof to provide a head 8. The resilient clip 7 has the free end thereof engaging the bar 6, and the resiliency of the clip is sufficient to retain the apertured end of said bar in engagement with the flat face 2 of the rod or in engagement with curtains or draperies 9 arranged between said bar and the rod 1. The opposite end of the bar 6 is engaged by a resilient clip 10 secured to the flat face 2 by a screw 11 or other fastening means, said clip cooperating with the clip 7 in retaining the bar 6 in engagement with curtains or draperies arranged upon the rod The rod 1 can be made of metal or wood, and the bars 6 and the clips 7 and 10 of metal, these metallic parts being finished to present a neat and attractive appearance and harmonize with the finish of the pole.

What I claim is A curtain pole comprising a solid cylindrical rod having a part of its periphery provided with a longitudinally extending flattened portion of the same length as the length of the rod, a screw extending in one end of said flattened portion and having that portion of its shank in proximity to its head reduced in diameter to provide a shoulder, a curtain clamping bar having one end apertured and loosely mounted upon that portion of enlarged diameter of the shank of the screw, said bar opposing said flattened portion, a resilient clip of ogee curvature having one end fixedly secured to said flattened portion and its other end extending over and engaging one end of the bar for maintainin said end in clamping position, and a resi ient clip of 'ogee curvature having one end positioned against the shoulder of the screw and extending upon the other end of the bar and coiiperating with the first mentioned clip for frictionally holding said bar in clamping position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MAUD M. BURK.

Witnesses:

W. H. FADDIs, SAMPLES YoDnRs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

